Renewal of The Last Ship and Falling Skies

TNT decided to renew two summer hits, The Last Ship (13 new episodes) and Falling Skies (10 new episodes). 

The Last Ship has been a lot of fun with a little bit of character development thrown in.  It is really one long summer blockbuster movie (Navy weapons porn some call it), but it may have legs if they throw in a few more Russian rogue villains, stranded cruise ships, and other surprises.  And the idea of a plague getting out of control is not so unbelievable, with Ebola spreading in Africa.  However, the full downfall of man as in this summer's The Planet of the Apes is a bit too much.  Hence, I will stick with The Last Ship.

As far as Falling Skies, it will be getting it a fifth and final season.  This fourth season has been somewhat confusing and disjointed, so I hope the show finds its footing again.  Two battling alien races with more battling humans thrown in is a lot to follow, especially when the circumstances are a little hard to fathom.  Falling Skies seems to have set up a Warsaw Ghetto for the adult characters and a Young Communist League for the kids.  I get the Ghetto, but would the aliens really set up a secondary school system for the same humans they wiped out earlier?  Maybe not, but I will play along for now.  

I expect Noah Wyle will soon be busy with his new 10-episode Librarian series due later this year.  I am also happy to report Bob Newhart and Jane Curtin will be part of the new Librarian series.